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You may also delete these preliminary chapters. \mainmatter \part{Traditional Light and Sound Traditions} \chapter{Radhasoami} \section{Agra Lineage} \section{Beas Lineage} The Beas lineage \chapter{Kabir Sahib} \chapter{Tulsi Sahib} This lineage can be found at \href{http://www.thewayofsages.com}{the Way of Sages}. The branch of Santmat which is described in these pages begins with a spiritual adept known as Tulsi Sahab. Tulsi Sahab was born in 1763 and was likely of royal ancestry. Historians speculate that he was the son of of the King of Poona. As the king wished to retire he arranged to have his son coronated. Tulsi Sahab known then as Shyam Rao was of a spiritual bent and fled to search for the Truth. He surfaced many years latter near Hathras as a spiritual adept and teacher of Santmat. Although, he speaks with reverence of his teacher he never mentions him by name. Some scholars claim Tulsi Sahab has a direct lineage with Guru Nanak (see below). This however, is incidental as the true measure of an adept is his spiritual accomplishment. Tulsi Sahab was such a one, he writes in his poetry: \begin{quote} Who have seen within, the splendor of the celestial region with their inner eye, they alone can show the beginning of the beginning. ....Who have penetrated the current of spiritual regions above, they alone know the state of the Inaccessible. \end{quote} \begin{postscript} \begin{directory}{Tulsi Sahib (1763-1843)} \file{\begin{directory}{Baba Devi Sahab (1841-1919)} \file{\begin{directory}{Maharishi Mehi (1885-1986)} \file{\begin{directory}{Santsevi Ji Maharaj (1919-2007) } \file{Don Howard ( - present) } \file{Vina Howard ( - present) } \end{directory}} \end{directory}} \end{directory}} \end{directory} \end{postscript} \chapter{The Sikh Gurus} \begin{postscript} \begin{directory}{Guru Nanak (1469-1539) } \file{\begin{directory}{ Guru Angad (1504-1522) } \file{\begin{directory}{Guru Amardas (1479-1574) } \file{\begin{directory}{ Guru Ramdas (1534-1581) } \file{\begin{directory}{ Guru Arjan (1563-1606) } \file{\begin{directory}{ Guru Har Gobind (1595-1644) } \file{\begin{directory}{ Guru Hari Rai (1630-1661) } \file{\begin{directory}{ Guru Hari Krishnan (1656-1664) } \file{\begin{directory}{ Guru Teg Bahadur (1621-1675) } \file{\begin{directory}{ Guru Gobind (1666-1708) } \end{directory}} \end{directory}} \end{directory}} \end{directory}} \end{directory}} \end{directory}} \end{directory}} \end{directory}} \end{directory}} \end{directory} \end{postscript} \chapter{Sufism} \section{Arabic} \section{Indian} \part{Alternative Inner Light and Sound Traditions} The groups in this section are considered alternative for any of a number of reasons: \begin{description} \item[commercialism] The system costs money to progress in. I'm not saying this is a bad thing. The best motivation for charging money comes from Bruce Avenell: \begin{quote} There are two explanations for this. Firstly, the Society, as a non-profit organization, does have costs associated with it. The printing of lesson materials, postage, development of new projects such as books, etc. are all aspects of this. Secondly, and perhaps far more importantly, when we instruct you in Sound Current meditation, the effects upon your Being can be profound. Paying dues keeps the associated scales of karma balanced. In that manner, neither we nor you, as the student, are bound to each other karmically and "weighted down" spiritually by those ties. ...there is no free lunch in this universe. \end{quote} \item[isolated] certain gurus have no obvious master or successors \item[westernized] Certain systems contain the ideas of Inner Light and Sound, but they have been modernized or westernized for various reasons, some technical, some commercial. \end{description} \chapter{The Eureka Society} Web presence: \href{EurekaSociety.com}{http://www.eurekasociety.com} The founder of the Eureka Society, Bruce Avenell, became acquainted with Inner Light and Sound via two Sikh masters \footnote{He received initiation from Kirpal Singh and ran one of his California centers. He also worked with Dr. Bhagat Singh Thind.} In the process, he experienced several of his past lives in Egypt. He also felt that he had developed more awareness than his masters and had direct perception that the guru-chela situation was a form of control \cite{yg505}. Over time, he stripped away the devotional aspects of Inner Light and Sound practice and integrated Egyptian sound practice as well. Mr. AVenell has an optimistic outlook on sexual expression and spirituality. His book ``The Colors of Love'' and the booklet ``Adventures In Understanding the Emotional Spectrums of Love \& Erotica'' are truly a step away from most spiritual Light and Sound paths. For example in Sant Kirpal Singh's small booklet on moral behavior he says to avoid eye contact with the opposite sex. While clearly sexuality is more taboo in the East, another motivating factor for sexual continence is to take the precious energy used to create us and send it upwards to return home. However, Audinometry places a premium on Spiritual Energy Management: \begin{quotation} When you have learned how to keep from running out of gas, you are free to explore the great universe of universes as a free being in your own right. This means you will have a cosmic "driver's license", unlimited energy and all the time you need. This energy management gives one the power to move vertically in the spiritual realms and in so doing, one finds that the higher in the spiritual realms one goes, the finer and more fun the experience of life is. When you have learned to master the fire of your own life, you will have become a divine being in your own right, your birthright from times beginning. \end{quotation} The Eureka Society provides Audinometry which they dub as a Science of Om. My immediate question about such a group is based on my understanding that Om is the creator of the 3 lowest worlds - physical, astral, and causal. Another more attractive definition of Audinometry is ``... the science of measuring, comprehending, controlling and experiencing the sonic chords and light spectrums within your being''. This group has been around for more than 30 years and there is absolutely no cult controversy anywhere about them. And the modest regular fee they charge saves you from wondering about where the money for books and seminars, etc come from. \section{Philosophy of the System} \subsection{Bhakti and Guru Begone!} \begin{quotation} Prayer, devotion, worship have no place in audinometry. Different regions on the inside have different rules. Devotion is more the rule in Sat Nam's realm, in the Gold Region. When you get above the Gold Region, to the Silver Region, devotion becomes bad manners. You could even say it is against the law. Devotion translates to conditional love. 'I will love you if you behave is way or that way'. In the Silver Region, love is unconditional. And as far as prayer in relation to Deity, think of the concept that we are all God's, or Deity's children. Does a good parent want to be worshiped? Of course not. What a good parent wants is for the children to grow up to be adults in their own right. Prayer is tied to devotion. Devotion is an energy conduit. One sends energy to whatever one is praying to. Audinometry is all about energy management. How to enhance your own energy so that you can maintain consciousness in the higher realms. We teach how not to give one's energy away. It takes energy to reach Deity's level. Energy and energy management. The ultimate goal in audinometry is to reach Deity's level, and beyond. \end{quotation} \cite{yg954} \begin{quote} It's become my opinion that what has come to be called shabd these days is really bhakti yoga with a little sound current tossed in. \end{quote} \cite{yg243} \begin{quote} The radiant form method focuses on a teacher and gives that teacher free access to your energy supply. With Audinometry you learn how to manage your own energy, without getting any siphoned off. \end{quote} \cite{yg414} \href{http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Audinometry/message/133}{Kirpal thievery, think for yourself} With that introduction, let us be precise about how ES views spiritual paths: \begin{quotation} 1. The left-hand path, Law and order. You have to learn to obey the laws of Creation, such as, 'Do unto others as you would have them do unto you'. 2. The middle path, Worship/Devotion. It is supposed to teach one to have respect for the wisdom of those farther along the path than one is. This path does not go beyond Sach Khand, The Heaven of Love, Sat Nam's realm, except for the abilty to have a brief and imposing (scary) interview with the Lord of Light. - middle path is basically, 'love your fellow man'. It leads to the Heaven of Love, 'merging', 'bliss', that sort of thing. 3. The right-hand path. The path of individualization. This is the path to graduation, to becoming a Master Creator, a Divine Entity in your own right. \end{quotation} \cite{yg1009} \subsection{Cosmology} Sant Mat has a well-described and widely accepted description of the major regions of the inner planes, most artfully demonstrated in \cite{as_inner}. ES (Eureka Society) also feels that the devotional Sant Mat of today can only take you to Sant Nam and \href{http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Audinometry/message/256}{no further.} \subsection{Diet} \begin{quote} You don't have to be vegetarian. In fact, you can eat whatever you want to, it's nobody's business but your own... eating meat can be good for your aura, strengthens it... The less intelligent the animal is, the easier it is to incorporate, so we recommend chicken over pork or beef. You can also eat eggs. We recommend that you keep a diary of what you eat and see for yourself what affects your meditations, although I think I can safely guarantee that you'd find that mushrooms have a big affect. \end{quote} \cite{yg414} \cite{yg717} \subsection{Karma} The ES view on meat is clearly heterodox to most Sant Mat traditions. But again, their unflagging requirement for direct perception is their defense: \begin{quote} There's a lot of misconceptions about karma out there. What gets me is these people who claim to understand how karma works do not know how to get to where the Lord of Karma is. Most of them don't even know he does actually exist. How can they really know how karma works? \end{quote} \cite{yg861} Christian Pantheism is considered a middle-path teaching as well \cite{yg848}. \subsection{Samsara} \begin{quotation} in order to get to the Lord Of Karma, you have to get past the Lord Of The Sound Current, and the only way to do that is to learn to generate your own sound current. The sound current is like an umbiblical cord. You can't survive above the Lord Of The Sound Current until you learn to generate your own energy. People who believe they have found the way off the reincarnation merri-go-round, if it doesn't involve learning to generate their own energy, are sadly mistaken. \end{quotation} \subsection{Advaita Vedanta} I spent a long time around people like Sailor Bob Adamson, Nisargadatta Maharaj, Ramana Maharishi, and Arunachala Ramana. These people are into the philosophy and practice of total acceptance of the current moment. An individual with similar trainings, frozenz, showed up in the Yahoogroup and the classic battle between unconditioned, fully-accepting awareness and the necessity of power and control in spiritual development \href{http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Audinometry/message/240}{takes place}. \footnote{It's also nice to know that the monthly membership rate was 45.00 then and still is now!} A frequent question amongst Advaitans is ``who is having that experience?''. The answer given by clearoz demonstrates that knowing the knower is simply inadequate. \cite{yg507} Another advaita hallmark is that there is no you. In a satsang given by Arunachala Ramana he said ``Enlightenment is freedom from being an individual, not having the freedom of being an individual.'' But the Audinometry viewpoint is exactly the opposite: \begin{quote} Audinometry is the path of individuality. Does a parent want you to climb back into the womb? No. A parent wants you to grow up and learn to stand on your own two feet. Audinometry is about learning to be a Divine Being in you own right. Learning to think for yourself is a paramount lesson in that process. \end{quote} \cite{yg858} \subsection{Buddhism} About a year later, Jeffrey Brooks, the pioneer of his own form of Buddhism locked horns with Jennifer as well: \href{http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Audinometry/message/434}{interesting reading} also. \section{The Power of the System} \begin{itemize} \item \href{http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Audinometry/message/135}{clearoz relates some travels of his} where his meditation led him to discover historical coincidences that he had never heard of and that were extremely counter-intuitive. \item \href{http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Audinometry/message/133}{lulalake likes audinometry more than sant mat} \end{itemize} \begin{description} \item[A different view of Sant Mat] \href{http://groups.yahoo.com/group/exsat/message/13064}{In this post}, Jen talks of apparent degeneration within the Sant Mat tradition. Now of course, we see some contradiction in this very message. She starts off saying she has a special relationship with her teacher but concludes by saying she's not special. But to have achieved the supracausal region (per her claim) is quite an accomplishment. \item[Engineering spirituality] \href{http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Audinometry/message/18}{In this post} BKA's daughter openly invites the infamous David Christopher Lane to try out some engineered devices that give spiritual experience. \end{description} \section{Practice of the System} While most systems here are based on projection out of the 3rd eye, Audinometry uses a different portal. \chapter{Eckanckar and Offshoots} \begin{postscript} \begin{directory}{Paul Twitchell ()} \file{\begin{directory}{Sri Darwin Gross} \file{\begin{directory}{Harold Klemp} \end{directory}} \file{Jerry Mulvin - The Connection ()} \file{Gary Olsen - MasterPath ()} \file{\begin{directory}{Michael Turner - The Sonic Spectrum} \file{Harry Kight} \end{directory}} \end{directory}} \end{directory} Most of this information comes from \cite{diem00}. \end{postscript} \chapter{Others} \section{Ratnagar Rao Peshwa} \section{Supreme Master Ching Hai} \section{Faqir Chand} \section{Prem Rawat} \appendix \chapter{Bibliography} \bibliography{santmat} \backmatter \chapter{Afterword} The back matter often includes one or more of an index, an afterword, acknowledgements, a bibliography, a colophon, or any other similar item. 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